So my last TV I bought I pretty much woke up, drank a coffee, walked to the tech store that isn't around anymore and got pretty much what I needed and went home happy and had a TV.
Either it is me in general but I hate having to upgrade tech nowadays. Even if it is just a friggin' smart phone I tend to go to deep into the subject and go through points I shouldnt care about because I'm not the target audience.
Like I don't care how great the cameras are now on phones. Yet when I have to upgrade duo to missing upgrades after 5 years I upgrade and then I read through all that non sense just to get the best out of the money I'll be dumping for features I won't ever use.
Ill compare Samsung S23, S23+ and Ultra and what ever and then read comments about how bad X is and company Y does better for the money and then it's to late.
Then I dump 12 hours into researching on youtube, trying to filter the company fanboys and the real talk people just to find out they are all "bought" and only 5% of the reviews aren't bought.
Now I am sitting here wanting to upgrade my 2011 TV and have to choose between LG G4, Samsung S90D, S94D, S95D and every single one of these tvs has negatives and pros and I am lost.
Might not just buy a tv and go drink coffee and play computer.
I personally would have went with the S95D from Samsung because I personally like matte screens more but funny enough most reviews critics are because it is a matte display and not glossy lol. I have huge windows behind my sofa and thought it might be cool but now I am not sure anymore duo to almost everyone saying how bad matte screens are for OLED TVs.
The dude in the shop said I should go with the S95D because it is cool if I have a lot of light sources and yes it has it's downsides because of the matte screen really bright scenes can create a "white cone" around the edge duo to matte screening but he also said it's something you won't notice or pay attention too when using it. I am not comparing G4, S90D and that TV when watching a movie.
I also don't watch a lot of TV at daylight but when I do I know reflections are annoying. And I also saw that the S95D performs great in the dark as well against other glossy OLED TVs even if it has a matte screen.
This again is probably a subject I shouldn't care about. It's like my TV right now is just displaying grey instead of black and I lived with it 12 years (happy). Either TV will be a huge upgrade for me. I could just save my time and buy the tv and be happy but no, I am here researching way to long for a friggin' TV. I am so deep in the TV subject now that I even know the S90D Series has a Panel Lottery because some TVs have OLEDs and some have QD OLEDS panels... like... honestly, if no one told me I would have been happy without QD panel and wouldn't have known but now that I know.... dunno not gonna buy.
I think the difference isn't the TV tbh, it's you. People have always had the ability to dive deep into the differences in tech of various devices. There have always been in depth reviews of every item or phone.
The difference is the last time you purchased a TV, you didn't seem to care about all that. Guess what? You still don't. You could absolutely walk into any store that sells TVs, buy one on a whim that looks ok, and be perfectly fine. They are all just TVs. Sure, they have their differences, but they mostly function the same.
The same could be said for smartphones. Just grab one that looks decent and they mostly will have the same experience as one another unless you're some sort of power user.
Really, there are a butt load of people who actually don't know all the tech details. They stroll in the store and just buy something that looks ok within the price range they are willing to spend. Non-internet people are far more inclined to do this. Sometimes places like Lemmy and Reddit don't realize how little the general public knows or cares about tech...and they all manage to get by just fine.
If it bothers you to be this into tech reviews, just don't. Be spontaneous. They are all going to basically do the same thing.
My only big requirements for a phone has been that it has a physical headphone jack, a slot for a physical SIM, and a slot for a microSD card (since I usually have >100gb of music saved on my phone). That ends up taking the overwhelming majority of phones out of the running. I used to require a removeable battery, but I don't think those exist on any phones now.
I only know of one, the Samsung XCover6 Pro. They don't even advertise it because it is one of those "rugged" phones or whatever meant for work crews moreso than regular consumers. But it apparently has swappable battery, headphone, SD, and dual SIM so I'm thinking of giving it a shot. Haven't pulled the trigger yet though.